Nanming Engineer

Chapter 34

Mudun Island is not big, with a radius of four to five miles. Except for the small hills used as mountain villages, the island is basically covered with slopes and depressions. From the mountain, you can see everything at a glance, so when Wang Tao led people from the mountain Running down from the post, before running a few steps, I saw a group of people coming from the west of the island.

This group of people were aggressive, armed with knives and sticks, and rushed over with shouts. The two leaders were tall, thick, strong and honest. They were the two brothers from Zu Bian given by Zu Tian.At this time, one person was holding a huge mace as tall as a person, and the other was holding a ghost-head knife with nine rings, and stared at Wang Tao with a dark face while walking.

The six eyes met, and when their eyes met, they almost burst into flames. Wang Tao was furious from his heart. These two things with no eyes can't tell good from bad at this critical moment. You two are fucked by Manchurians I killed my family, I still have my family, if you don’t want to join the Qing Dynasty, you can go as far as you can, don’t spoil my good deeds, now that people with knives and guns come to kill me, do you still have me in your eyes? This master?

The people on both sides were like a stream of water, and under the leadership of each other's leaders, they quickly arrived in front of them, and they all stood at the same time separated by a distance of more than ten feet.

This distance is quite short, so close that Zu Tianci and Zu Bian saw Wang Tao's new hairstyle at a glance, the unprofessional shaved money rattail braid, like a sledgehammer, hit the two of them hard In his heart, he ruthlessly smashed the last trace of luck remaining in the hearts of the two of them.

"Brother, your end..."

"Shut up! Do you still know that I'm your big brother?" Wang Tao snarled and interrupted Zu Bian's question: "Who is in charge of this Hongze Lake? It's you two deserters! Or me, the big brother?"

Zu Bian's face swelled, and his face that was already black with anger turned red again, his mouth was sullen and he couldn't speak, Zu Tianci knew that his brother was not good at words, and he didn't know what to say when he was choked by Wang Tao, so he hurriedly He said loudly: "It was you, the eldest brother, who had the final say on Hongze Lake. When did the brothers from the ancestral family ever disobey the eldest brother?"

Wang Tao's expression softened a little, and he asked, "What about now? You two have brought so many brothers, are you going to annex me?"

Zu Tianci clasped his fists at Wang Tao and said, "Where does Zu Tianci dare to be angry with big brother? He brought his brothers over here, just to save big brother and kill Qinggou, lest big brother fall into Qinggou's tricks!"

The veins on Wang Tao's forehead jumped up again, and he laughed back in anger, and said with a cold face: "Okay, so you two are doing it for my own good! Tell me, what is Qing's plot against me?"

"Qinggou is capricious and the most cunning. Big brother has been operating on Hongze Lake for many years. He has already grown his wings. Why bother to entrust Qinggou to his family? If you recruit today, you will slaughter me like pigs and dogs tomorrow. Big brother, this is a trap. "Zu Tianci said sincerely, so that the water thieves on both sides of the scene whispered to each other, and some of them couldn't help nodding, obviously they were told what was on their minds.All rebels are most afraid of liquidation after the event. All the biographical novels and storytelling stories throughout the ages, such as Water Margin Liangshan, Song Jiang Fang La, no uprising rebel will end well after being recruited, and the water thieves don’t know a single character , but I have heard a lot of these storytelling stories that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Fart!" Wang Tao said angrily, "Tuzuo has Prince Yu's order. Is that just for fun? The prince of the Qing Dynasty swallows his own words with all his promises? You two are small-hearted. How to save the belly of a gentleman?"

"Brother, Zu Tianci has been in Liaodong for many years and has fought against Qing dogs hundreds of times. He knows the temperament of Qing dogs best. If their father and son are slaughtered, how can they credit us Han people? Besides, they call us Nanman, just like the Yuan Dynasty. How can they trust us when we regard them as the inferior people?”

"Hmph! You slandered like this because the Manchus killed your whole family. My ancestors sent me to tell you that on the battlefield, everyone is like a ghost, and killing people is a common thing. It happened a few years ago, time has changed, and the Qing Dynasty is about to rule the world, don't be obsessed with it, you will ruin the lives and future of more than 3000 brothers in Hongze Lake!"

Wang Tao has now regarded Zhao'an as a life-saving straw, and he is determined to follow Li Tingyu's fake Tuhai to the dark, and he believes that the Qing Dynasty is his future backer.

Zu Tianci was almost about to shed tears, and choked up and said, "Brother, my two brothers escaped from Liaodong and came to Huai'an. They were rescued by Big Brother and settled down here. The kindness of Big Brother is like reborn parents. They should have lived and died together with Big Brother." , but Big Brother wants us to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which is more ruthless than our lives."

"Furthermore, big brother's gathering of heroes relies on a word of righteousness. The banner of doing justice for the sky has attracted so many passionate men that he has the prestige of the Hongze Lake Rebel Army. How do you make the brothers think? Where do you put the words of righteousness? And how do you explain to the brothers who have died over the years?"

Wang Tao looked at Zu Tianci, and said nothing with a cold face, but his face became more and more ugly. The spear he was holding in his hand swayed uncontrollably, obviously he was extremely angry.

Zu Tianci looked up to the sky and sighed, and continued: "Since the eldest brother has shaved his head, he must have made up his mind. It is useless for Tianci to say anything. Tianci originally wanted to kill Qing Gou first and then commit suicide in front of the eldest brother to show his ambition. But. Now it seems that even if Qinggou is killed, Big Brother will still surrender."

Wang Tao answered coldly: "Then what are you going to do?"

Zu Tianci clasped his fists again sadly and said: "Since the ways are different and we don't conspire with each other, I can only repay my brother's kindness by fate. Tianci will leave with a group of brothers."

After finishing speaking, Zu Tianci turned around and wanted to take people away, but he heard a loud shout from behind: "Don't think about it!"

Zu Tianci turned around abruptly, and saw Wang Tao's angry eyes wide open, his face ferocious, pointing at himself and cursing: "Well, you white-eyed wolf, I have raised your brother for so many years, and I have said so much, just to leave! Okay, you go Yes, but don’t even think about taking a single person away, where the hell did you come from, where are you going back, don’t even think about taking a blade of grass away from here!”

Zu Tianci looked around with grief and indignation, and the water thieves around him also looked at him, and all the dark faces looked at him, all of which were angry expressions. What Zu Tianci said just now has reached everyone In my heart, benevolent and righteous, how can such words of benevolence and righteousness not be able to restore Wang Tao's heart?

Zu Bian can't speak, and his temper is much stronger than his elder brother's. Wang Tao's attitude of refraining from oil and salt has already been seen clearly by him. The words have come to an end, and it is useless to talk more. At this moment, Zu Bian jumped up, He raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, you are willing to go with my brother, just say a word!"

"I am willing!"

"I am willing!"

"Brother Zu, take me with you!"

"Me too. If Brother Zu is not here, I don't want to stay in this cottage anymore!"

Voices like boiling water erupted in the crowd, and countless people raised their hands and shouted. These people are all trained by the ancestor brothers. They have very deep feelings for the ancestor brothers who rolled with them, and everyone Wang Tao, who is in charge of the family, is more aloof and majestic, but in terms of feelings, Wang Tao's flattery can't catch up with his ancestral brothers.

Wang Tao's face could no longer change, it couldn't be any darker, and his violent personality burst out in vain. The domineering spirit that had been rampant in the world for a long time made him unable to tolerate his subordinates openly defying his majesty in front of him. He waved his spear and pulled it away. He caught a gunshot and moved his hands without any warning.

"Follow me! Kill these white-eyed wolves!" Wang Tao roared, and rushed over first, pointing at the point of the spear, it was the gift of the ancestors.

The distance between the two was more than one zhang, and the white dragon in the waves really didn't have a name for himself. He moved his feet and jumped out. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Zu Tianci. With his spear stretched out, he was facing Zu Tianci's throat. .

On one side of Zu Tianci's body, the gleaming iron spear head pierced into Zu Tianci's left shoulder. The iron spear passed through his body, and with a "poof", it pierced out from the back shoulder, splashing a cloud of blood mist.

Zu Tianci held the mace in his left hand and lifted it up with his right hand. Before Wang Tao could pull out the spear, he firmly grasped the shaft of the spear and nailed the spear to his body, unable to shake it.

Staring at Wang Tao who was still trying to pull out the spear with his big blood-red eyes, Zu Tianci said in a deep voice: "Brother, do you really want to meet with swords and soldiers?"

Wang Tao shook it a few times and found that Zu Tianci's big hand was holding the spear like an iron sculpture, and he couldn't get it back at all. He simply let go and took a step back, pulled out the sword from his waist, and said with a ferocious smile: "Swordsman meeting? You Isn't that what his mother thought when she brought people over? Stop talking nonsense, come on, let me see how courageous you really are!"

At this time, the water thieves on both sides just woke up from the shock. Wang Tao's action just now was so sudden that no one expected it.After all, the three heads are the masters of the cottage. No one expected to kill each other anyway. At this time, the bosses started to fight. The younger ones couldn't just watch, so they shouted, the water thieves in their respective camps started to fight. Like a rising tide, they all came out with swords and guns, and they started to chop at each other when they turned against each other.

The people on both sides had a tacit understanding and did not bother Wang Tao and Zu Tianci, soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, the old formula of fighting.The grievances and grievances of the bosses were settled by themselves.

Wang Tao succeeded in one blow, and seeing Zu Tianci still had a spear stuck in his shoulder, he sneered, the sword flew flying, and the tip of the sword turned into a white shadow, and rolled towards Zu Tianci.

Zu Tianci was extremely sad and indignant at this moment, hating to the heavens, hating that he could not persuade Wang Tao, and sad because the banner of the Hongze Lake Rebel Army might be carried to the end today.I couldn't help roaring to the sky, threw away the mace in my hand, grabbed the spear shaft on my shoulder with both hands, the shoulder muscles bulged, and I tried my best to break it!
This scene is not much different from the scene in which Xiahou Dun pulls out an arrow and swallows his eyeball. The broken spearhead is still hanging tremblingly on his back shoulder. The blood from the wound spurts out a column of blood like a fountain, almost hitting the target. In the eyes of Wang Tao who jumped over with the sword, Wang Tao was forced to stop quickly, turning his head to avoid it.

Zu Bian shouted urgently: "Brother, how are you?"

Zu Tianci shook his head, and said coldly: "It's just a small injury, it's not a problem!" Stretching out a hand, tore off a section of the skirt, and stuffed it casually at the wound, yes, stuffed it up, just like stuffing a quilt with a sack Like a levee broken by a flood.

The blood was no longer sprayed, but the brown linen skirt was immediately dyed red, and Zu Tianci's face gradually turned pale.

(End of this chapter)